I heard about the changes to the script from the last news leak. That, plus the involvement of key figures from the first go-around, and most importantly, the impetus from John Lasseter in getting the ball rolling has me piqued.

I’m ready for a Tron that works not only as nostalgia, but as a good and memorable story to boot. Here’s hoping it all fits into place.

I’ve always hoped for another Tron movie and wondered how one would turn out if done today. This is a very welcome event! I am definitely a fan. It is great that they got Jeff Bridges to reprise his role. Any word on if Bruce Boxlightner makes an appearance as “Tron”?

Those lightcycles look fantastic. Nice to see a sequel instead of a reboot. Tron stills looks great 20 odd years on and this is shaping up quite well.
As John Holland says, I hope Boxleitner is involved too. 2011 is a long way off man!

I think the remastered version of the first tron had better looking lights. The lights seem very dimmed now, or there is a much more metal to lights ratio where in the old tron the glow of everything was part of the appeal.

Well, it was part of how the original was made. They basically put reflective tape on things and shined lights at it and filmed it at low light sensitivity so only the bright reflections would show. That was their non-CG way to make things look “digital.” But now they can make things out of CG so you get more detail and not just from where there is tape… So I think the charm of the original was most likely inadvertant and not completely intentional, just a result of their limited CG ability. But it would be cool if they would simulate that effect with CG, but I think the new look is pretty cool too.

I was 6 when Tron came out. It has been my favorite childhood movie ever since. I am glad to be alive (hopefully) to see the new Tron movie. Its always been a dream to see another one. Its really looking good.. errr Great. Glad Jeff and Bruce is back on it. Too bad no Cindy Morgan

There is no way I would miss this movie. The game came out during my video game hay day (or hay ERA) as it is for many of you out there. I’m a child of the Pac Man era. I don’t care if this movie “seems” like it’s going to suck, I’m going to go see it. LONG LIVE THE VIDEO GAMES OF THE 80′S!!!!

@Ken J
Yes, I know, but I was at work and can’t go to YouTube. I got home late yesterday, after winning in an APA (billiards) match (yeah! 8) ), so didn’t get a chance to see it. Hopefully I can see it tonight.

I always thought that the solar sailer was a ridiculously dangerous form of transportation. Someone moves a mirror into the light beam and the bugger drops! Then again the light cycles going 350 KPH and then a right angle? Your face would be a pancake against the inside of the bike. Does gravity work the same way inside this world? AND I wonder if the world of tron would be much larger now, not just a mainframe but the internet, a global network!!! AHHHH… I remember lining up my quarters against the glass screen of the arcade game, “discs of Tron”. I was UNBEATABLE!!!!

2 things about your comment made me twitch with excitement. One was the suggestion that instead of a mainframe, they expand the world of Tron to the internet! Oh MAN, can you imagine them being able navigate anywhere within the entire net! The infinite levels of choices gives me chills. Also, when you talked about lining your quarters up on the bottom of the screen at the arcade; I remember that VERY well! People lining their quarters up to get the next turn. When you get a chance, do a google search for the phrase “i got next”. The 1st thing that will pop up is a documentary about video games. It was produced by a college student and is 100% free to download. It’s about the new school generation of arcade players, NOT home console players. I personally thought arcades were dead and buried, but there’s actually a new generation that was taught by us guys in our 40s and 50s that have kids in their late teens and 20s that carried on the tradition of going to the arcade to play games as opposed to sitting at home in front of consoles like the majority of the new generation does. The documentary follows a “Street Fighter” tournament where these new guys are among the best in the world at it, but they mastered it by going to the arcades to play it as opposed to learning it on a home console.

Christ on a cracker. I was good at a LOT of games. There were a handful of games I could “turn over” with one quarter(for those of you that don’t know that old school arcade phrase, it’s when you can play a video game for so long that you flip your score all the way back over to zero, usually from either 999,999 or either 9,999,999). Some of the games I could play good enough to turn over were: Defender, Pac Man, Centipede, Tempest, Star Wars, Joust, and there are others but I can’t recall them at present. Also, I was able to get to the end of the cartoon games “Dragon’s Lair”, “Space Ace”, and “Cliff Hanger”, all with just one quarter.

your sending me into a flurry of nostalgia, My thumb is cramping and I haven’t held a joystick in years! You may have “turned over” a few, but in my part of the world we “rolled” the frigger! My Atari in my basement kept a dozen kids from getting sunburnt one summer, and centipede, defender… oh yeah, re: defender – remember when the thing went into mutant attack!! I was sweating bullets but I got through it. Have you read about the Asteroids movie on here? Rolled it, took a picture of the score on the screen, true story… really.

Ah yes, the mutant attacks. I’d make them chase me and cluster all together on the screen, then smart bomb their butts! OH! And remember on the higher levels when you’d warp to the next screen, and there would always be the 4 pods that would warp in with you? you’d try to make sure that all 4 would be on the screen with you at warp, then BAM! Smart bomb that had enough points to give you an extra man! I LOVED getting those 4 pods on the screen at the same time! But as long as they were CLOSED. Remember when you’d bust them open, and the little swarmers would come out? I HATED the swarmers! But the true menace was the BAITER. I swear, the baiter is the character that actually made you BETTER at defender. If you could kick HIS butt on a regular basis, you were good at the game, period. I haven’t heard about the asteroids movie on here, but I’ll do a search and see if I can find it.

Solar Sailor risky? What about the random arcade night janitor coming by and accidentally knocking the power cord out of the wall…
The entire Tron world hangs in the balance of a $3 dollar fuse and the DWP,,,

This is getting a bit more subjective, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace. The interface is colorful, has more flair, and some cool features like ‘Mixview’ that let you quickly see related albums, songs, or other users related to what you’re listening to. Clicking on one of those will center on that item, and another set of “neighbors” will come into view, allowing you to navigate around exploring by similar artists, songs, or users. Speaking of users, the Zune “Social” is also great fun, letting you find others with shared tastes and becoming friends with them. You then can listen to a playlist created based on an amalgamation of what all your friends are listening to, which is also enjoyable. Those concerned with privacy will be relieved to know you can prevent the public from seeing your personal listening habits if you so choose.